Kia ora postgrads – here’s another announcement that you might be interested in – please see attachment and below email. This one is an event! Molly [cid:image002.png@01DCBC52.F46C7140] From: Sophie Briggs <sophie.briggs@otago.ac.nz<mailto:sophie.briggs@otago.ac.nz>> Sent: Monday, 23 March 2026 4:59 pm Cc: thirst4k@gmail.com<mailto:thirst4k@gmail.com> Subject: Wild Thirst for Knowledge: 5 minute thesis competition Tēnā koe, Please share the notice below (and the attached flyer) with postgraduate students in your department/school: Are you a postgraduate student undertaking exciting research on our natural world? Join our 5 minute thesis competition and unleash your research into the wild! Thirst for Knowledge is a joint project between the University of Otago and Tūhura Otago Museum which brings science to the pub and to the public. We run informal pub-science style talks every month at Ombrellos. On April 14th we are hosting Wild Thirst for Knowledge<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwilddunedin.ssboxoffice.com%2Fevents%2Fwild-thirst-for-knowledge%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C649d0acdffd34014b70d08de89fd2105%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639099917432106164%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=h5IDJ2ywjbv3cgFAGl9UR%2B1EG8xUOfvRY1CYCY2wwdM%3D&reserved=0>: a 5 minute thesis competition in collaboration with the Wild Dunedin Festival of Nature, highlighting postgraduate research on the natural world. To enter, submit a short abstract to thirst4k@gmail by 5pm Thursday 2nd April (more details in the attached flyer). Reach out if you have any questions! Ngā mihi, Sophie Dr Sophie Briggs (she/her) Lecturer | Kaiwhakaako Department of Geology | Te Tari Tātai Arowhenua University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Mobile/Waea pūkoro +64 28 408 7931 Zoom ID: sophie.briggs ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4286-8740<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0003-4286-8740&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C649d0acdffd34014b70d08de89fd2105%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639099917432130306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zWOFfO9gLP2DgLoqs2zEHWARdbioap3TiqXoqhPc6Qc%3D&reserved=0>
